The art is a separate thing from the artist so I can typically treat them separately in my mind. A bad person can still be correct. A person who has done wrong can still make something beautiful.
It’s cases of when the making of the art itself is what’s problematic that I have a much more difficult time with because now it isn’t separate. Kubrick’s treatment of Shelley Duvall for e.g., Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. The creation of the art itself caused harm, not some separate unrelated thing the artist said or did.
I’m not going to avoid A Bug’s Life, or even The Usual Suspects just because Kevin Spacey is in them. The Cosby Show was super important in breaking down stereotypes and improving race relations and is a great show. I’ll watch Woody Allen movies, probably, if I get around to it.
The art is a separate thing from the artist so I can typically treat them separately in my mind. A bad person can still be correct. A person who has done wrong can still make something beautiful.
It’s cases of when the making of the art itself is what’s problematic that I have a much more difficult time with because now it isn’t separate. Kubrick’s treatment of Shelley Duvall for e.g., Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz. The creation of the art itself caused harm, not some separate unrelated thing the artist said or did.
I’m not going to avoid A Bug’s Life, or even The Usual Suspects just because Kevin Spacey is in them. The Cosby Show was super important in breaking down stereotypes and improving race relations and is a great show. I’ll watch Woody Allen movies, probably, if I get around to it.